Theatre Quotes · Page 134

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.

— Adam Baldwin

We called 'Heavy Rain' an interactive drama, for whatever that's worth.

— David Cage

You can hardly be a classicist and not be interested in theatre.

— Mary Beard

Honestly a role is a role - whichever industry it is in - TV, stage or films.

— Sanam Saeed

Jo, I'm not real. I'm theatre. And you & I- This is just rehearsal.

— Lady Gaga

I'm Chi Chi, and everybody knows when I get on stage, it's magical.

— Chi Chi DeVayne

My concept of drama requires obstacles, and there's no obstacles in comfort.

— Tim Cahill

It would be great to do theater one day, but I don't think I'd do a musical.

— Alia Shawkat

When it comes to acting, people talk about the suspension of disbelief that you ask of the audience. Before that starts, you…

— Helena Bonham Carter

I would love to do a live show with dancers and fashion and scenic elements - definitely bring my love of the…

— Adam Lambert

My thing is to gain the respect as an actor, as a professional, and the friendship and everything else will happen from…

— Michael K. Williams

I'm a huge fan of the director, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and his work, and I knew he was going to be an…

— Javier Bardem

I prefer, and it turns out to be the truth, that I always have in my movies an ensemble of actors, but…

— Fedor Bondarchuk

I get involved with projects based on three parameters - the script, the actors involved and the director.

— Dominic Monaghan

Basically, I got into stand-up because I'm too egocentric to be an actor and not disciplined enough to be a writer.

— Christian Finnegan

I've had the pleasure and the great luck to work with some incredible actors over the years and you have to observe…

— Cillian Murphy

Stage acting is for me the basic form of acting. If you make films all the time, you have so few possibilities…

— Erland Josephson

I think I'll never stop doing theater because it's a more physical and athletic activity. You can't pull any punches; there are…

— Sterling K. Brown

I loved the stage not because it provided an escape from myself or my humdrum life but because when the curtain went…

— Suzanne Farrell

The whole thrust of theatre is different, just because the writing is so much more respected in a play. Whereas in movies…

— Matt Damon

I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed…

— Ira Sachs

I wanted to be a director first to protect my writing. I'm a playwright and you don't need to protect your writing…

— Kenneth Lonergan

I like doing everything - theater and film, radio and TV, comedy and tragedy. I love it all. And I've never really…

— Alfred Molina

As an actor I need to satisfy the actor and performer within me. I will do woman-oriented roles if any come my…

— Regina Cassandra

As a director, I wouldn't like me as an actor. As an actor, I wouldn't like me as a director.

— Robert Redford

Music always came first. I never set out to be an actor.

— David Soul

I think that most actors attempt to keep in touch with the child.

— Ben Kingsley

I am auditioning again - getting back to theatre would be amazing.

— Harry Melling

There are many, many, actors with whom I'd like to share a stage or a set.

— Joshua Malina

There are certain actors you watch in a movie, and you think, 'Wow, that guy is very skilled.'

— Bradley Cooper

Being from the theatre, I am always interpreting someone else's thoughts and feelings.

— Gavin Creel

“If all the world's a stage, who keeps moving the props??”

— Jackie Carreira

The language of the body is the key that can unlock the soul.

— Anonymous

Just one night at a show in New York, I literally passed out and fell off the stage.

— August Alsina

I don't like theatrical actors and actresses. I like people that talk like real human beings.

— Woody Allen

I don't think it's a bad thing to go out there and challenge yourself as an actor.

— Matt Bomer

I'm passionate about actors, and I'm passionate about showing actors in different lights.

— Ryan Murphy

I'm an actress. It's my passion. It's - I've always lived for acting.

— Sophia Loren

It was a natural for me to end up in the theater because I'd done a lot of reading about it.

— Courtney B. Vance

One has to get rid of his inhibitions, being an actor.

— Ali Fazal